An Associate Member/Program Member, is an individual who is a physician (MD or DO), physical therapist, physical therapist assistant, occupational therapist, occupational therapy assistant, speech-language pathologist, registered nurse, social worker, psychologist, or recreational therapist; An individual may become an Associate Member, if she/he is a professional in one of the services noted above but is not a member of an organization providing these services. The Associate Member will have no voting rights, may not serve as a member of the Board, and will pay the full membership dues. One representative of a Michigan based professional organization related to rehabilitation services, including, but not limited to ARN, APTA Michigan, Michigan Occupational Therapy Association, and Michigan Speech Language Hearing Association may join MAMPRA as an Associate Member (no voting privileges). One representative from each professional organization is allowed per year.
A Member, also referred to as a Program Member, is an organization that provides, within the state of Michigan, comprehensive medical rehabilitation programs; for this purpose, a comprehensive medical rehabilitation program is any program of services that is any combination of not less than three of the following: physical therapy, occupational therapy, rehabilitation nursing, speech language pathology, social work, vocational counselling, therapeutic recreation, and psychological services designed to assist a patient to live in a community environment at maximum functional ability.
Organizations who maintain comprehensive medical rehabilitation services at more than one site will have separate voting members to represent those sites and will be responsible for maintaining separate membership for each site. Voting Members shall pay $150.00 yearly.
